Dr Richard Haass, a former US diplomat chairing the talks, said he had not
managed to secure consensus on a final set of proposals to deal with the
flying of flags, disputed parades and the legacy of the Troubles before his
end-of-year deadline.

Dr Haass said a working group made up of representatives of the five parties
in Stormont’s power-sharing executive would now be set up to try and find
another way to build on “significant progress” that had been